• Search Research Projects
  • Search Researchers
  • How to Use
  1. Back to previous page

Political-Economy Analysis on the System of Social Protection Provision with Focus on the Net Social Expenditure

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K03713
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Public finance/Public economy
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

Konishi Hideki  早稲田大学, 政治経済学術院, 教授 (50225471)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords純社会支出 / 社会保障システム / 再分配効果 / 隠れた福祉国家 / ダイナミックパネルモデル / 所得再分配 / 動学パネル分析 / 社会保障 / 政治経済学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project reexamined the redistributive effects of social protection systems in OECD countries, using the dataset of the net social expenditures. While the traditional studies use the gross social expenditures as a measure of the size of social protection, this study instead employs the net social expenditures, which incorporate taxes and subsidies on social benefits as well as private social expenditures provided by corporations, voluntarily or compulsorily, to their employees. Our dynamic panel analysis reveals that the redistributive impact of a social protection system decreases as the share of private social expenditures in its total social expenditures increases, and the social protection systems of the so-called "hidden welfare states" such as the USA has only a redistributive impact that is statistically insignificant.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

学術的には,これまでほとんど注目されてこなかった純社会支出概念を用いて社会保障システムの再分配効果を,本格的な計量分析によって計測し,いわゆる「隠れた福祉国家」では社会保障制度に再分配効果がほとんど認められないことを明らかにした点に意義がある.社会的には,これからの日本のように高齢化にしたがって民間ベースでの社会保障給付の供給が重要性を増す社会では,分配不平等の抑制という観点からは所得税や消費税を通じた再分配の強化が必要になるということを明らかにした点に意義がある.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 4 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (1 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of California, Irvine(米国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Distributive Impacts of Social Protection Systems in OECD Countries: Public-Private Mix and the Hidden Welfare State2019

    • Author(s)
      宮里尚三
    • Organizer
      Waseda-Australia Conference on Political Economy
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Distributive Impacts of Social Protection Systems in OECD Countries: Public-Private Mix and the Hidden Welfare State2018

    • Author(s)
      小西秀樹
    • Organizer
      東北大学経済学部 現代経済学研究会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Redistribution in an aging society2017

    • Author(s)
      小西秀樹
    • Organizer
      Asian Development Bank Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      アジア開発銀行(東京)
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-28
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Political Economy of Fiscal Policy under Demographic Changes: Public Pension, Social Security Financing, and the Role of the Private Sector2017

    • Author(s)
      Hideki Konishi
    • Organizer
      Tokyo Fiscal Forum 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Book] 政治経済学で読み解く政府の行動2016

    • Author(s)
      井堀利宏,小西秀樹
    • Total Pages
      313
    • Publisher
      木鐸社
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Waseda-Australia Conference on Political Economy

    • URL

      http://www.waseda.jp/prj-cppe/seminar/cn43/Waseda-Australia.html

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Waseda-Australia Conference on Political Economy2019

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

URL: 

Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2022-02-21  

Information User Guide FAQ News Terms of Use Attribution of KAKENHI

Powered by NII kakenhi